Adjustable tree pedestal



Jan. 22, 1924. 1,481,468 F. JUTH ADJUSTABLE TREE PEDESTAL Filed Aug. 10. 1921 L1 ilk/ .2

//V l/f N T01? FRANZ E. JU H BYQAUWQ Patented Jan. 22, 1924.

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FRANZ n. JUTH, or SAN rnancrs'oo, CALIFORNIA.

ana'us'rarcun TREE rEDEsTAL.

Application filed August 10, 1921. Serial no. 491,130..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, FRANZ E. JU'rH, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and 5 useful Improvements in Adjustable Tree invention to provide a collapsible and ad-v justable base structure by which a Christs mas tree might be firmly supported, said device being simple in its operationfand decidedly inexpensive as to manufacturing ma'y' then be slotted, as indicated at 14, while the ends of the two opposite feet costs.

The present invention contemplates the use of complementary separable base members, each formed with two feet detachably secured to each other, said base members being provided'with means whereby they may be assembled and interlocked to accommodate a tree having a trunk of any desired dimension.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings in which- T J, 1 I,

Fig. 1 is a View in plan showing the assembled structure with parts broken away for the sake of convenience;

Fig. 2 is a view in side elevation showing the device;

Fig. 3 is a view in plan showing the manner in which the feet are formed.

Referring more particular to the drawings, A and B indicate two base units, each of said units being composed of a foot 10 and a foot 11. These feet are all indentica-l in configuration and are preferably formed along the lines shown in Fig. 3 and in the manner there indicated so that the device may be very economically made. The feet 10 are fitted at their large inner ends with recesses adapted to receive the hooked ends of the clamping screws, orvhook bolts 12, for the purpose hereinafter described. Adjacent these ends of the feet 10 and along one face thereof, a vertical groove 13 is formed, which groove is of suflicient width to receive the abutting end of foot 11. This end of foot 11 is connected to the side of the foot 10 and adjacent the groove 13 by means of the plate 19 which is secured to the foot 10 and slidably engages the groove 20 in the foot 11, so that whenthe feet 10 Land 11 are connected to each other 'theabutting end of foot 11 will be firmly seated within the groove 13. Formed through the foot lland extending longitudinally thereof ,near its abutting end is a slot 14 through which the clamping screws or hook bolts 12 extend. The outer ends of these screws are fitted with wing nuts 15 by 'which the structure may be clamped together.

In forming the. present invention a board 16 is taken and cut in two along the line 17, after which the halves of the board are cut along the saw: mark 18. This will pro-, vide four feet for the structure without any. waste of lumber. Two of the boards are grooved, as at 20, and recessed to. re ceive the hook ends ofthe hook bolts, which bolts are so positioned as to pass through the slots 14; when the supporting surfaces of all of. the feet rest upon the ground.

Grooves '13 are then formed in the proper faces of feet 10, the feet 11 are then connected adjacent thereto by engagement of the plate 19 and the groove 20, and the structure is then ready for use. I

It will be evident that the units A and B may be instantly separated by releasing the hook bolts, the feet 10 and 11 may then be taken apart due to the fact that the plate 19 is slidable in the groove 20. WVhen the device is to be used, the feet of each unit may be assembled at right angles to each other, after which the two units are disposed on the floor and arranged around the base of a tree. Attention is directed to the fact that the grooves 13 are positioned some little distance from the inner ends of the feet 11, thus causing a substantially square enclosure around which the feet are arranged. The hooked end of the bolts 12 are then inserted in the recesses 12 in the feet 10. The trunk of the tree is inserted in the enclosure, and the wing nuts 15 may thereafter be tightened. This will rigidly secure the support to the tree and will insure that the tree will be firmly held as long as desired.

It is obvious that various other means, such as a hinge or the like, may be employed to connect the feet 10 and 11 together, the means shown being the preferred form. Likewise, the means for securing the units together may be a simple screw secured at one end to the legs 10 and projecting through the legs 11 to receive the winged nut for adjusting the relation of the units.

It will thus be seen that the devicehere disclosed, while simple in its construction and inexpensive as to cost of material and labor, at the same time provides a neat, adjustable and collapsible support for the purpose intended.

While I have shown the preferred form of my invention, it is to be understood that various changes may be made in the structure bythose skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

v 1. A tree pedestal comprising pairs of supporting members, the members of each pair being arranged at right angles to each other and detachably connected together, one member of each pair having a groove therein to receive the inner end of one of the members of the other pair of supporting members, the

latter member having a, transverse groove at other, one member of each pair being detachably connected to a member of the other pair of supporting members, one member of each pair having a recess therein adjacent its inner end and the companion member having a slot adjacent its inner end and a device operable in said recess through said slot to detachably connect the companion members of each pair together.

3. A tree pedestal comprising four members arranged tangent to one circle, the side of two of the members being grooved adjacent the inner end thereof for the reception of the abutting ends or" the adjacent members, the latter being slotted adjacent their inner ends, means for detachably connecting the ends of the members disposed in said grooves to said members having the grooves, and means extending through said slots and engaging adjacent members for detachably and adjustably connecting the last named members to those having the slots.

4. A tree pedestal comprising pairs of supporting members, the members of each pair being arranged at right angles ,toeach other and detachably connected together, one member of each pair having a groove therein to receive the inner end of one of the members of the other pair of supporting members, the latter member having a transverse groove at its inner end adjacent the groove of the first mentioned grooved member, and a device slidably carried by each of the first mentioned grooved members for detachable engagement in the respective grooves of the second mentioned grooved members, and securing means slidably supported on the second mentioned grooved members and engageable with the inner ends of the first mentioned grooved members.

FRANZ 'E. J UTH. 

